The Yorktown Town Board voted last week to adopt overlay district zoning for the Yorktown Heights and Lake Osceola business hamlets. Town officials had been considering the creation of overlay districts for about 18 months with a goal of encouraging
Read MoreYorktown officials have written to Gov. Kathy Hochul asking to open a mobile testing site in FDR State Park to help fight the latest spike in COVID-19 cases that have ravaged the state. Hochul has announced that the state plans
Read MoreA new Yorktown-based education and photography exhibit organization dedicated to advancing peace, equality and justice will have its debut show starting later this week. The Capa Space will open on Friday featuring an exhibit of images by well-known photographer William
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Town of Yorktown has been awarded a $5,760,000 grant from the State Department of Environmental Conservation for upgrades to four pump stations that will minimize sewage overflows. The town will use the grant for improvements to
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The City of Peekskill is proceeding with plans to usher in 2022 with a downtown New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, while the Town of Yorktown has canceled festivities over rising COVID-19 cases. The free Peekskill celebration kicks
Read MoreFor most, the day before Christmas is a time to fetch any last-minute gifts or bring home food items from the store and prepare for the holiday. Last Friday, Robert Tomasulo and Junior Susca were hard at work completing hundreds
Read MoreThe Yorktown Town Board will likely approve Planned Design District Overlay Zones that have been studied and scrutinized for about the last 18 months at its Dec. 21 meeting. The board once again heard a wide array of opinions on
Read MoreThe presumed Republican frontrunner for the party’s nomination in the 2022 gubernatorial race slammed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mask mandate last week, warning that it jeopardizes myriad business owners and infringes on personal freedom. Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin visited Jefferson
Read MoreFormer Yorktown Highway Superintendent and Ex-Yorktown Chamber of Commerce President Eric DiBartolo was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to petit larceny for stealing more than $14,000 worth of merchandise from The Home Depot at the Cortlandt Town Center. DiBartolo, 60,
Read MoreBy Rick Pezzullo The Yorktown Town Board adopted the 2022 budget last week with no increase in the town’s general operations and a minimal tax hike. “The Town Board recognizes the tremendous financial challenges facing our residents over the past
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